hook, line, and sinker

Completely and unquestioningly. The moment I met my wife, I fell for her hook, line, and sinker.I told them that I like this stupid school, and they fell for it hook, line, and sinker—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.

hook, line, and sinker.

swallow something hook, line, and sinker

Fig. to believe something completely. (These terms refer to fishing and fooling a fish into being caught.) I made up a story about why I was so late. The boss swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. I feel like a fool. I swallowed her lies hook, line, and sinker.

hook, line, and sinker

Without reservation, completely, as in He swallowed our excuse hook, line, and sinker. This expression, first recorded in 1865, alludes to a fish swallowing not only the baited hook but the leaden sinker and the entire fishing line between them.

fall for someone hook, line and sinker

fall for something hook, line and sinker

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swallow something hook, line and sinker

If someone falls for something hook, line, and sinker or swallows something hook, line and sinker, they believe it completely, even though it is often not true. He told her a story about having lost his money, and she fell for it, hook, line and sinker.There were leaks to the press, and journalists swallowed it hook, line and sinker.

hook, line, and sinker

You use hook, line, and sinker to mean that someone does something to a great degree. I was completely against nationalization. I resisted it hook, line and sinker and became quite unpopular in the process.He has a tendency to get drawn into things hook, line and sinker. Note: When fish are caught, they sometimes swallow part of the fishing line and the `sinker' or weight, as well as the hook.

hook, line and ˈsinker

if you accept something hook, line and sinker, you accept it completely, either because you have been deceived or because you believe things too easily: Are you telling me that you swallowed his absurd lies hook, line and sinker?

All three words in this expression are items used for catching a fish.

One way to rig the drop shot is to pass the line mrough the eye of the top hook, pull two to three feet through, and secure with a Palomar, clinch or uni-knot Leave the tag end long enough to tie on the bottom sinker or jig.

ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics cited Sinker for technical contributions to standards initiatives, for continuous service to the committee in various leadership capacities, and for effective interface between D20 and Technical Committee 61 on Plastics of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

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